Wheel-flange lubricator.



No.860,048. :PATENTED JULY 16, 1907.

- J. H. MINER.

WHEEL FLANGE LUBRIOATOR. APPLICATION PII IED BEPT.11..1906.

L UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

JAMES H. MINER, OF LUMBERTON, MISSISSIPPI.

Specification of Letters Patent.

5 .z WHEEL-FLAN LUBRICATOR.

Patented July 16, 1907.

Application filed Se tember 11, 1906. Serial No. 334,130.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, J AMES H. MINER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lumberton, Mississippi, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Wheel-Flange Lubricators, of which the following is Iafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car wheel with a portion of the truck,and Fig. 2 is an end view. Fig. 3 is a view of a modification.

In this drawing the numeral 3 designates a car wheel and 4 a swingingarm pivotally supported at its upper end from the frame. Its lower endis provided with an oil chamber 5 for containing lubricating oil, and alateral recess or opening in which is removably seated,

an oil pad which on the inside dips into the oil in the chamber and onthe outside extends far enough to readily contact with the wheel flange.Normally, and when the car is running upon a level track the arm hangswith the pad just out of contact with the flange but in rounding a curvethe outer wheel is of course higher than the inner which causes the armto swing by gravity to press the pad lightly against the wheel flangeand lubricate the same.

Instead of having a pad carried by a hinged arm as shown in Fig. 3, Imay carry the pad by a spring arm 4* rigidly connected to the car truckand designed to press the pad at all times against the wheel flange, the

spring yielding to correspond with the endwise play of the axles. Orinstead of having the pad constantly in contact with the flange, itmight, and preferably would, be held slightly away therefrom, and thespring be made sufiiciently resilient to permit the jolts or side swingsin striking the curve to throw the pad into con- 7 tact with the flange.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A swinging oilingdevice as described, so constructed and arranged that the incline of thecurve, or elevation of one side of the rail of a car, will cause thissaid oiling device to swing toward the flange of the car wheel, and comein contact with the flange of the wheel, as described.

2. In a flange oiling device, an arm having an oil pocket or reservoir,and an absorbent pad or wick, said reservoirbeing below the pad or wick,by which oil is fed by capillary attraction to said pad or wick, bywhich it is kept moist with oil constantly.

3. In an oiler as described, which may he rigidly attached, with itslower end containing an oil' chamber, and wick, or pad, with a flatspring connecting it, whereby the weight of the lower end will cause thespring to yield, and come into contact with the flange, substantially asde scribed.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES H. MINER.

Witnesses:

W. W. PIGFORD, J. S. LOVE.

